No transition period for tax-free trade
Aug 19, 1999
Brooke Donald
TALLINN - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this week it would not seek a transition period with regard to the abolition of tax-free trade at the next European Union accession talks."The EU itself had difficulties with their negotiations on this and the union was unable to reach a consensus. It would be naive to think that an applicant country could ask for a transition period," said Taavi Toom, press secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The abolition of tax-free trade would come ...
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